5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes western Montana: USGS

(REUTERS) - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit western Montana early on Thursday (July 6), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, and people felt the tremor hundreds of miles away.

The earthquake struck five miles (8km) south-east of Lincoln, Montana, at about 12.30am local time, the USGS said on its website. "New experience: woken up by an earthquake. No damage just spooky as heck!" tweeted Mr Cole Fawcett in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, about 460km north of Lincoln.

Residents in western US flooded Twitter early on Thursday with similar experiences.

"My mum woke up and yelled at me and my dad that there was a bear shaking our trailer," Mr Brad Wynder said on Twitter.

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